EP0120789A2 - Method for the aseptic cold filling of containers, in particular synthetic ones, bottles or the like, with beverages, especially those based on fruit juices - Google Patents

Method for the aseptic cold filling of containers, in particular synthetic ones, bottles or the like, with beverages, especially those based on fruit juices Download PDF

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EP0120789A2
EP0120789A2 EP84400599A EP84400599A EP0120789A2 EP 0120789 A2 EP0120789 A2 EP 0120789A2 EP 84400599 A EP84400599 A EP 84400599A EP 84400599 A EP84400599 A EP 84400599A EP 0120789 A2 EP0120789 A2 EP 0120789A2
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  • the P present invention relates to an aseptic filling process, cold, containers, in particular plastic or --bouteilles analogues-- by fruit or juice drinks, in particular based fruit juices.
  • fruit juice-based drinks (among others) must be packaged while being sterilized, to prevent bacteria, yeasts or molds from being introduced and developing. in containers intended for retail sale. When these are made of glass, or in any case of a heat-resistant material, this sterilization can be done on the containers already filled, without critical problem of asepsis.
  • the object of the present invention is to establish a process, that is to say a particular conditioning procedure, which makes it possible to fulfill the desired aseptic conditions, so that elements of sterilized liquid are not introduced fermentation at the time of filling, or through the empty containers themselves or their caps.
  • a method according to the invention provides for a whole set of measures, the main one of which consists essentially in filling and capping the containers in a sterile atmosphere in a closed room maintained at overpressure and supplied with filtered air. .
  • the filling and capping machine is placed in said room, under a vertical laminar flow hood provided with movable panels and closed on each of its ratings.
  • the work surface is swept by a uniform flow of filtered air moving from the top to the bottom, which eliminates any penetration of particles (dust and microorganisms) in the machine enclosure.
  • the speed of said flow is of the order of about 0.45 m / s and the purity of the air which constitutes it is such that it comprises less than 4,000 particles at 0.5 p per m 3 .
  • a process in accordance with the invention also provides for rigorous aseptic measures throughout the packaging chain, from the arrival of empty containers on the one hand, of their caps on the other hand, to the exit of the full and closed containers.
  • a machine known as "oatmeal” is used to inject into them, being in the "neck down” position, a disinfectant solution, then from which we return the bottles to the normal position, and we transfer them to the filling via a conveyor arranged under a tight cover.
  • the disinfected bottles are subjected to an emptying operation by turning them over to empty them from the rest of the disinfectant solution which they contain, after which they are returned to normal position to be transferred to the filling machine.
  • This arrangement will eliminate any traces of disinfectant from the bottles before filling them.
  • an additional provision of the present invention provides that they are first of all, in a separate room, disinfected by soaking in a disinfectant solution, then transferred, by a conveyor belt located under a waterproof cover. , up to a rotating bowl or the like, after which they are brought to the capping machine by a feed chute.
  • the reference 1 designates, as a whole, the main room (or airlock), in which most of the operations are carried out, and the reference 2 designates the room for processing the plugs. , as well as the preparation of the disinfectant solution.
  • a pre-airlock for access to airlock 1 is referenced in 3.
  • the airlock 1 is supplied with filtered air, as well as the room 2 and the pre-airlock 3, by connections, respectively 4.5 and 6, connected to a supply duct 7.
  • the empty bottles, made of synthetic material (PVC) are brought into an oatmeal machine 10 disposed at the entrance to the airlock 1, by a conveyor belt 11.
  • This oatmeal machine is provided with a cover 12 with air outlet 13.
  • a disinfectant solution is injected into the bottles, in the "neck down” position. This disinfectant solution will be used in other operations, as will appear below.
  • the bottles At the exit of the oatmeal machine 10, the bottles, returned to the "standing" position, still contain a certain amount of this disinfectant product.
  • the bottles then enter under a sealed cover 17 in which a pallet transport chain 19 circulates.
  • the drink to be introduced into the bottles is sterilized around 90 ° C in a plate exchanger, located outside the present installation and in which, moreover, the product is cooled with recovery of calories. , before being brought to the filling machine.
  • the filling machine 21 with a volumeter 22 comprises two filling carousels 23 and 24 each filling one bottle out of two.
  • the quantity of sterilized drink sent into each bottle is metered by a cam-operated pump.
  • the communication of each pump with the delivery (filling of the bottle) or suction (nochère) is ensured by a three-way plug, pumps and plugs being located under the filling plane of the machine.
  • the parts in contact with the air in the bushels and inside the volumeter pump cylinders are permanently disinfected by spray nozzles of the disinfectant indicated above.
  • the capper 26 automatically places the screw caps on the bottles, after which they are removed from the airlock 1 by a conveyor belt 27 passing under a window.
  • the assembly 21 is arranged under a hood with vertical and descending laminar flow, provided with movable panels and closed on each of its sides, at 28.
  • the stoppers are firstly disinfected by soaking in the disinfectant product mentioned above, contained in a tank 29. They are brought to a hopper 30, then on a fully covered carpet 31 by means of a lifting conveyor 32. This conveyor brings them to a rotating bowl 33 from which a descending chute 34 takes them up and finally brings them to the capping machine 26.
  • blowing nozzles of filtered compressed air (0.01 ⁇ ) allow the caps to dry before capping.
  • the disinfectant solution described in the foregoing may be used for daily spraying on the equipment, for disinfection after cleaning.
  • the pre-airlock 3 is of course used to prevent personnel entering room 1 from polluting it. We put on clean clothes, a mask and a headdress. Hands are washed there with a bactericidal soap and alcohol.

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Method for the aseptic cold filling of containers, in particular those made of material which is incompatible with the heat treatment of pasteurisation, especially plastics, such as bottles or the like, with fruit juices and beverages, especially fruit juice-based beverages, characterised in that it consists essentially in carrying out this filling, and the stoppering of the containers, in a sterile atmosphere in a closed premises maintained under an excess pressure and supplied with filtered air. <IMAGE>

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La présentP invention concerne un procédé de remplissage aseptique, à froid, de récipients, en particulier en matière synthétique --bouteilles ou analogues-- par des jus de fruits ou des boissons, notamment à base jus de fruits.The P present invention relates to an aseptic filling process, cold, containers, in particular plastic or --bouteilles analogues-- by fruit or juice drinks, in particular based fruit juices.

Lorsque l'utilisation de produits conservateurs est impossible ou interdite par les réglementations, on sait que les boissons à base jus de fruits (entre autres) doivent être conditionnées en étant stérilisées, pour éviter que des bactéries, levures ou moisissures soient introduites et se développent dans les récipients destinés à la vente au détail. Lorsque ceux-ci sont en verre, ou en tout cas en un matériau résistant à la chaleur, cette stérilisation peut se faire sur les récipients déjà remplis, sans problème critique d'asepsie.When the use of preservatives is impossible or prohibited by regulations, it is known that fruit juice-based drinks (among others) must be packaged while being sterilized, to prevent bacteria, yeasts or molds from being introduced and developing. in containers intended for retail sale. When these are made of glass, or in any case of a heat-resistant material, this sterilization can be done on the containers already filled, without critical problem of asepsis.

Dans le cas, par contre, où l'on désire utiliser des récipients supportant mal la chaleur, par exemple en matière plastique (PVC, PE, PET, etc.) ou en matériaux complexes (papier + plastique) pour conditionner ces jus de fruits ou boissons analnques susceptibles de fermenter, il n'en est plus de même, car on ne peut pas stériliser les bouteilles après remplissage. Il convient alors d'effectuer le remplissage des bouteilles à partir d'un liquide déjà stérilisé. Cela suppose l'adoption de précautions particulières d'asepsie.In the case, on the other hand, where it is desired to use containers which cannot withstand heat well, for example plastic material (PVC, PE, PET, etc.) or complex materials (paper + plastic) to package these fruit juices or analog drinks likely to ferment, it is no longer the same, because you cannot sterilize the bottles after filling. The bottles should therefore be filled with an already sterilized liquid. This presupposes the adoption of special aseptic precautions.

Le but de la présente invention est d'établir un procédé, c'est-à-dire une procédure particulière de conditionnement, qui permette de remplir les conditions voulues d'asepsie, pour que dans le liquide stérilisé ne soient pas introduits des éléments de fermentation au moment du remplissage, ou par le biais des récipients vides eux-mêmes ou de leurs bouchons.The object of the present invention is to establish a process, that is to say a particular conditioning procedure, which makes it possible to fulfill the desired aseptic conditions, so that elements of sterilized liquid are not introduced fermentation at the time of filling, or through the empty containers themselves or their caps.

A cet effet, un procédé conforme à l'invention prévoit tout un ensemble de mesures, dont la principale consiste essentiellement à effectuer ce remplissage et le bouchage des récipients en atmosphère stérile dans un local fermé maintenu en surpression et alimenté par de l'air filtré.To this end, a method according to the invention provides for a whole set of measures, the main one of which consists essentially in filling and capping the containers in a sterile atmosphere in a closed room maintained at overpressure and supplied with filtered air. .

On évite ainsi l'introduction d'air extérieur dans ledit local, et donc de poussières polluantes, tout en maintenant le débit d'air dans des limites raisonnables.This avoids the introduction of outside air into said room, and therefore of polluting dust, while keeping the air flow within reasonable limits.

A titre de précaution supplémentaire, il est encore prévu, conformément à l'invention, que l'on dispose la machine de remplissage et de bouchage, dans ledit local, sous une hotte à flux laminaire vertical pourvue de panneaux mobiles et close sur chacun de ses côtés.As an additional precaution, it is further provided, in accordance with the invention, that the filling and capping machine is placed in said room, under a vertical laminar flow hood provided with movable panels and closed on each of its ratings.

De la sorte, le plan de travail est balayé par un flux uniforme d'air filtré se déplaçant du haut vers le bas, ce qui élimine toute pénétration de particules (poussières et micro-organismes) dans l'enceinte de la machine.In this way, the work surface is swept by a uniform flow of filtered air moving from the top to the bottom, which eliminates any penetration of particles (dust and microorganisms) in the machine enclosure.

De préférence encore, la vitesse dudit flux est de l'ordre de 0,45 m/s environ et la pureté de l'air qui le constitue est telle qu'il comporte moins de 4 000 particules à 0,5 p par m 3.More preferably, the speed of said flow is of the order of about 0.45 m / s and the purity of the air which constitutes it is such that it comprises less than 4,000 particles at 0.5 p per m 3 .

Un procédé conforme à l'invention prévoit aussi des mesures d'asepsie rigoureuses tout au long de la chaîne de conditionnement, depuis l'arrivée des récipients vides d'une part, de leurs bouchons d'autre part, jusqu'à la sortie des récipients pleins et bouchés. Ainsi, notamment, on prévoit qu'à l'entrép des bouteilles vides dans l'installation, on utilise une machine dite "avineuse" pour injecter dans celles-ci, étant en position "goulot en bas", une solution désinfectante, ensuite de quoi on retourne les bouteilles en position normale, et on les transfère à la machine de remplissage par l'intermédiaire d'un convoyeur disposé sous un capotage étanche.A process in accordance with the invention also provides for rigorous aseptic measures throughout the packaging chain, from the arrival of empty containers on the one hand, of their caps on the other hand, to the exit of the full and closed containers. Thus, in particular, it is provided that at the inlet p of the empty bottles in the installation, a machine known as "oatmeal" is used to inject into them, being in the "neck down" position, a disinfectant solution, then from which we return the bottles to the normal position, and we transfer them to the filling via a conveyor arranged under a tight cover.

On prévoit en outre qu'à la sortie dudit capotage on soumet les bouteilles désinfectées à une opération de vidage en les retournant pour les vider du reste de la solution désinfectante qu'elles contiennent, après quoi elles sont replacées en position normale pour être transférées à la machine de remplissage.It is further provided that at the exit of said covering, the disinfected bottles are subjected to an emptying operation by turning them over to empty them from the rest of the disinfectant solution which they contain, after which they are returned to normal position to be transferred to the filling machine.

Cette disposition permettra d'éliminer, des bouteilles, toute trace de produit désinfectant avant leur remplissage.This arrangement will eliminate any traces of disinfectant from the bottles before filling them.

Pour ce qui est maintenant des bouchons, une disposition supplémentaire de la présente invention prévoit qu'ils sont tout d'abord, dans un local séparé, désinfectés par trempage dans une solution désinfectante, puis transférés, par une bande transporteuse située sous un capotage étanche, jusqu'à un bol rotatif ou analogue, après quoi ils sont amenés à la machine de bouchage par une goulotte d'alimentation.As for the plugs, an additional provision of the present invention provides that they are first of all, in a separate room, disinfected by soaking in a disinfectant solution, then transferred, by a conveyor belt located under a waterproof cover. , up to a rotating bowl or the like, after which they are brought to the capping machine by a feed chute.

Une installation de remplissage permettant la mise en oeuvre d'un procédé conforme à la présente invention va maintenant être décrite à titre d'exemple nullement limitatif, avec référence à la figure unique du dessin ci-annexé, qui est une vue en plan schématique de cette installation.A filling installation allowing the implementation of a process in accordance with the present invention will now be described by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the single figure of the attached drawing, which is a schematic plan view of this facility.

Sur la vue en plan de l'installation, la référence 1 désigne, dans son ensemble, le local principal (ou sas), dans lequel s'effectue la plus grande partie des opérations, et la référence 2 désigne le local de traitement des bouchons, ainsi que de préparation de la solution désinfectante. Un pré-sas d'accès au sas 1 est référencé en 3.In the plan view of the installation, the reference 1 designates, as a whole, the main room (or airlock), in which most of the operations are carried out, and the reference 2 designates the room for processing the plugs. , as well as the preparation of the disinfectant solution. A pre-airlock for access to airlock 1 is referenced in 3.

Le sas 1 est alimenté en air filtré, ainsi que le local 2 et le pré-sas 3, par des branchements, respectivement 4,5 et 6, connectés à une gaine d'alimentation 7.The airlock 1 is supplied with filtered air, as well as the room 2 and the pre-airlock 3, by connections, respectively 4.5 and 6, connected to a supply duct 7.

L'air s'échappe du local principal 1 par des sorties 8, et du local 2 par une sortie 9.The air escapes from the main room 1 through outlets 8, and from room 2 through an outlet 9.

Ceci étant, les bouteilles vides, en matière synthétique (PVC) sont amenées dans une avineuse 10 disposée à l'entrée du sas 1, par une bande transporteuse 11. Cette avineuse est pourvue d'un capotage 12 à sortie d'air 13. Dans cette avineuse, on injecte dans les bouteilles, en position "goulot en bas", une solution désinfectante. Cette solution désinfectante sera utilisée dans d'autres opérations, comme cela apparaîtra plus bas.That said, the empty bottles, made of synthetic material (PVC) are brought into an oatmeal machine 10 disposed at the entrance to the airlock 1, by a conveyor belt 11. This oatmeal machine is provided with a cover 12 with air outlet 13. In this oatmeal machine, a disinfectant solution is injected into the bottles, in the "neck down" position. This disinfectant solution will be used in other operations, as will appear below.

A la sortie de l'avineuse 10, les bouteilles, remises en position "debout", contiennent encore une certaine quantité de ce produit désinfectant. Les bouteilles pénètrent ensuite sous un capotage étanche 17 dans lequel circule une chaîne de transport à palettes 19.At the exit of the oatmeal machine 10, the bottles, returned to the "standing" position, still contain a certain amount of this disinfectant product. The bottles then enter under a sealed cover 17 in which a pallet transport chain 19 circulates.

Il y a lieu de noter ici que la boisson à introduire dans les bouteilles est stérilisée autour de 90°C dans un échangeur à plaques, situé en dehors de la présente installation et dans lequel, en outre, le produit est refroidi avec récupération des calories, avant d'être amené à la machine de remplissage.It should be noted here that the drink to be introduced into the bottles is sterilized around 90 ° C in a plate exchanger, located outside the present installation and in which, moreover, the product is cooled with recovery of calories. , before being brought to the filling machine.

La machine de remplissage 21 à volumètre 22 comporte deux carrousels de remplissagr 23 et 24 remplissant chacun une bouteille sur deux. La quantité de boisson stérilisée envoyée dans chaque bouteille est dosée par une pompe actionnée par came. La mise en communication de chaque pompe avec le refoulement (remplissage de la bouteille) ou l'aspiration (nochère) est assurée par un boisseau à trois voies, pompes et boisseaux étant situés sous le plan de remplissage de la machine. Les parties au contact de l'air des boisseaux et de l'intérieur des cylindres de pompes du volumètre sont désinfectées en permanence par des buses de pulvérisation du produit désinfectant indiqué plus haut.The filling machine 21 with a volumeter 22 comprises two filling carousels 23 and 24 each filling one bottle out of two. The quantity of sterilized drink sent into each bottle is metered by a cam-operated pump. The communication of each pump with the delivery (filling of the bottle) or suction (nochère) is ensured by a three-way plug, pumps and plugs being located under the filling plane of the machine. The parts in contact with the air in the bushels and inside the volumeter pump cylinders are permanently disinfected by spray nozzles of the disinfectant indicated above.

La boucheuse 26 effectue automatiquement la pose des capsules à vis sur les bouteilles, ensuite de quoi celles-ci sont évacuées du sas 1 par une bande convoyeuse 27 passant sous un guichet.The capper 26 automatically places the screw caps on the bottles, after which they are removed from the airlock 1 by a conveyor belt 27 passing under a window.

Comme déjà indiqué plus haut, l'ensemble 21 est disposé sous une hotte à flux laminaire vertical et descendant, pourvue de panneaux mobiles et close sur chacun de ses côtés, en 28.As already indicated above, the assembly 21 is arranged under a hood with vertical and descending laminar flow, provided with movable panels and closed on each of its sides, at 28.

Dans le local 2, les bouchons sont tout d'abord désinfectés par trempage dans le produit désinfectant mentionné plus haut, contenu dans un bac 29. Ils sont amenés à une trémie 30, puis sur un tapis entièrement capoté 31 par l'intermédiaire d'un tapis élévateur 32. Ce tapis les amène à un bol rotatif 33 d'où une goulotte descendante 34 les prélève pour les amener finalement à la machine de bouchage 26.In room 2, the stoppers are firstly disinfected by soaking in the disinfectant product mentioned above, contained in a tank 29. They are brought to a hopper 30, then on a fully covered carpet 31 by means of a lifting conveyor 32. This conveyor brings them to a rotating bowl 33 from which a descending chute 34 takes them up and finally brings them to the capping machine 26.

En 36, des buses de soufflage d'air comprimé filtré (à 0,01 µ) permettent le séchage des bouchons avant capsulage.In 36, blowing nozzles of filtered compressed air (0.01 µ) allow the caps to dry before capping.

Pour ce qui est de l'entretien, il va de soi que l'on prendra des précautions particulières pour maintenir la propreté du matériel et des locaux.With regard to maintenance, it goes without saying that special precautions will be taken to maintain the cleanliness of the equipment and premises.

nn pourra notamment utiliser la solution désinfectante décrite dans ce qui précède pour une pulvérisation quotidienne sur le matériel, pour désinfection après nettoyage.In particular, the disinfectant solution described in the foregoing may be used for daily spraying on the equipment, for disinfection after cleaning.

On pourra procéder à une désinfection hebdomadaire générale des locaux en pulvérisant par exemple un produit adéquat dans les différentes gaines d'alimentation en air filtré.We can carry out a general weekly disinfection of the premises by spraying for example an adequate product in the various ducts of air supply filtered.

Enfin, le pré-sas 3 sert bien entendu à empêcher que le personnel pénétrant dans le local 1 ne le pollue. On y revêt des vêtements propres, un masque et une coiffe. On s'y lave les mains à l'aide d'un savon bactéricide et d'alcool.Finally, the pre-airlock 3 is of course used to prevent personnel entering room 1 from polluting it. We put on clean clothes, a mask and a headdress. Hands are washed there with a bactericidal soap and alcohol.

Comme il va de soi et comme il résulte d'ailleurs déjà de ce qui précède, l'invention ne se limite nullement à ceux de ses modes d'application et de réalisation qui ont été plus particulièrement envisagés ; elle en embrasse, au contraire, toutes les variantes.As it goes without saying and as it results from garlic their already from the above, the invention is in no way limited to those of its modes of application and embodiments which have been more particularly envisaged; on the contrary, it embraces all its variants.

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1. Procédé de remplissage aseptique, à froid, de récipients, en particulier en matières ne supportant pas le traitement thermique de pasteurisation, matières plastiques notamment --bouteilles ou analogues-- par des jus de fruits et boissons, notamment à base jus de fruits, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste essentiellement à effectuer ce remplissage et le bouchage des récipients en atmosphère stérile dans un local fermé maintenu en surpression et alimenté par de l'air filtré.1. Aseptic, cold filling process for containers, in particular in materials which cannot withstand the heat treatment of pasteurization, plastics in particular - bottles or the like - with fruit juices and drinks, in particular based on fruit juice , characterized in that it essentially consists in carrying out this filling and the capping of the containers in a sterile atmosphere in a closed room maintained under overpressure and supplied with filtered air. 2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'on effectue l'alimentation dudit local par de l'air à environ 20°C, avec un seuil de filtration de 95 % (selon norme de mesure opacimétrique).2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the said room is supplied with air at approximately 20 ° C, with a filtration threshold of 95% (according to opacimetric measurement standard). 3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que l'on dispose la machine de remplissage et de bouchage, dans ledit local, sous une hotte à flux laminaire vertical pourvue de panneaux mobiles et close sur chacun de ses côtés.3. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that there is the filling and capping machine, in said room, under a vertical laminar flow hood provided with movable panels and closed on each of its sides. 4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'à l'entrée des bouteilles vides dans l'installation, on utilise une machine dite "avineuse" pour injecter dans celles-ci, étant en position "goulot en bas", une solution désinfectante, ensuite de quoi nn retourne les bouteilles en position normale, et on les transfère à la machine de remplissage par l'intermédiaire d'un convoyeur disposé sous un capotage étanche.4. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at the entrance of the empty bottles into the installation, a machine called "oatmeal" is used to inject into them, being in the "neck in position bottom ", a disinfectant solution, after which nn returns the bottles to the normal position, and they are transferred to the filling machine by means of a conveyor arranged under a tight cover. 5. Procédé selon les revendications 3 et 4, caractérisé en ce qu'à la sortie dudit capotage étanche on soumet les bouteilles désinfectées à une opération de vidage en les retournant pour les vider du reste de la solution désinfectante qu'elles contiennent, après quoi elles sont replacées en position normale pour être transférées à la machine de remplissage.5. Method according to claims 3 and 4, characterized in that at the exit of said sealed enclosure, the disinfected bottles are subjected to an emptying operation by turning them over to empty them from the rest of the disinfectant solution which they contain, after which they are returned to the normal position to be transferred to the filling machine. 6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les bouchons sont tout d'abord, dans un local séparé, désinfectés par trempage dans une solution désinfectante, puis transférés, par une bande transporteuse située sous un capotage étanche, jusqu'à un bol rotatif ou analogue, après quoi ils sont amenés à la machine de bouchage par une goulotte d'alimentation.6. Method according to any one of the claims tions above, characterized in that the stoppers are first of all, in a separate room, disinfected by soaking in a disinfectant solution, then transferred, by a conveyor belt located under a sealed casing, to a rotary bowl or the like, after which they are brought to the capping machine by a feed chute.
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